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Hackers break into Internet service at RIT (Rochester N.Y.)
http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S338900.shtml?cat=566 ^ | 2/6/08

Posted on 02/07/2008 9:15:45 AM PST by Sammy67

According to RIT officials, at approximately 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, RIT lost Internet connection for about 90 minutes. During that time, all in-bound Internet traffic was being diverted by hackers to an overseas location.

RIT officials believe that hackers in the Indonesia and Korea area tried to take advantage of the RIT

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: college; crime; hackers; internet; rit; rochester; terrorism; terrorists
5th undersea internet cable cut in the Middle East must have the jihad boys in withdrawl.
1 posted on 02/07/2008 9:15:48 AM PST by Sammy67
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To: Sammy67
Had to google it ..

Rochester Institute of Technology.

2 posted on 02/07/2008 9:23:11 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: knarf

It’s local news here. Maybe 5 other college systems were hacked.


3 posted on 02/07/2008 9:25:39 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Sacajaweau
"It’s local news here. Maybe 5 other college systems were hacked."

It's global now.

4 posted on 02/07/2008 9:49:02 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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